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June 21, 2010

Captain America

Today I'm going to show you how to make this cute little "Captain America" t-shirt today. I wanted my boys to have patriotic shirts for the fourth, but also something they could wear all year round. My oldest loves super heros, so when I saw the Captain America emblem on his teeny undies the other day this idea was born. Inspired by underoos? Who would have thought!

Anyhow, here's the how to on this little tee. This is what you'll need. (I used these Tulip paints shown, but you can use any fabric paint.)

I created this image on picnik, using the geometric shapes they have available. You can save and use this jpeg to make your own. No sense in having to make it from scratch yourself!

Then I created a freezer paper stencil. If you've never done this before or if you want to see it before you try it, click HERE for my video tutorial. It's got everything you need to know.

I ironed on my stencil and painted the white areas first. I used some scrunched up saran wrap to apply the paint, so it would have a vintage look. (See the red paint picture below.)

I waited for the paint to dry, peeled off the stencil and then I ironed on the other parts of the stencil. Yes, you WILL have to iron some of your stencil over the white part you just painted, but don't worry. It will work just fine.

I peeled off the stencil and I actually used the star I had left as a reverse stencil for the back of the t-shirt.

That's it! Not only do you have a cool tee for the fourth, but you're super hip and on the ball because there is a remake of Captain America that will be released next year. Yeah, we're cool like that.

Oh, and thank you for voting over at SYTYC last week. I made the cut! Whew! I'll show you which project was mine tomorrow. Season 4 starts on July 12th, but you can catch season 3's finale today. Thanks for dropping in!

I love the vintage look! That's kind of what I was going for with my daughter's Fathers Day shirt (posted about today), but I didn't think of using saran wrap. Maybe I should have asked you for tips before I started!

I LOVE your blog, and have been a silent follower for a while. I am awarding you with the Beautiful Blogger Award over on my little blog. Please stop by to "accept" it!http://babygotcraft.blogspot.com/2010/06/beautiful-monday-award-and-giveaway.html

Stopping by from Love Stitched. The shirt is adorable . . . almost as cute as the little guy wearing it - what an expression!I hope you'll stop by Thursday & link it up to Fab Finds for the Fourth! People could use the reverse star stencil for all kinds of fun projects! http://muralmaker1.blogspot.com

back again. First, congrats on winning on the CSI project. Second, just made my boys the shirts based on your directions/design. My AC Moore was out of navy (must be a lot of people reading your post ;-). So, I bought a light blue and red shirt. They came out great. Thanks again.

saran wrap?!?! Is that all it takes? You don't know how long I've been trying to figure out a quick way to do a vintage look. I am SOOO making this shirt first thing in the morning for 4th of July (yes, i know, i procrastinate!) Because of you I have a bunch of blank tshirts on hand for my boys! LOL

So I tried my own Captain America shirt... I did the colors a bit different so it would work on a white shirt. My Little Man looks ADORABLE! Thanks for this fun pattern!! Here is the link to our pictures:

A little late on making this but hey...Serious cuteness coming from my boys in these shirts! So glad you showed how to make it all vintage looking! Here's a link to my post and pics featuring these shirts.http://aunnajames.blogspot.com/2011/06/captain-america-tee-and-my-first-post.html

Thank you so much for this great tutorial! I made up a few of these for my boys and my nephew for the 4th of July. They came out great! Here is the link http://twincess.blogspot.com/2011/07/captain-america-shirts-and-happy-4th.html

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